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. GS-4
. What are Important?
For Prelims: Features/points of NRC
For Mains: Ethical concerns.
Context: The claims of those left out in the NRC must be heard carefully,
humanely.
. Who is a citizen in Assam?
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) contains names of Indian
citizens of Assam. The NRC was prepared in 1951, after 1951 Census
of India. and the electoral rolls of 1961 and 1971 that make up the
core of the 'legacy data'.
Immediately before the commencement of the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act, 1985

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All Assam Students' Union (AASU) in 1979
The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives
of the Government of India and the leaders ofthe Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August
1985.
At upwards of four million, the number of those excluded from the second draft of the National
Register of Citizens published on Monday has sparked great anxiety about the legal status of so
many individuals.
Its 55,000odd workforce that timelines have been adhered to. But even a skilfully devised system of
digitised mapping of family trees is subjectto human interface, subjective bias
The window for contestation could be extended by a month beyond September 28
When people have been allowed (or they have managed) to be in India for so long, when they have
built their lives and become part oflocal economies and communities, they cannot and must not be
rendered stateless on the basis of a list.
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At upwards of four million, the number of those excluded from the second draft of the National
Register of Citizens published on Monday has sparked great anxiety about the legal status of so
many individuals
first list published on December 31, 2017.
It's 55,000odd workforce that timelines have been adhered to
But even a skilfully devised system of digitised mapping of family trees is subjectto human interface,
subjective bias, and the inherent flaws in the NRC of 1951 and the electoral rolls of 1961 and 1971
that make up the core of the 'legacy data'.
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. The state owes it to those now left out, a staggering 40,07,707 persons, to ensure that their claim to
citizenship is exhausted in its procedural entirety
. The window for contestation could be extended by a month beyond September 28.
. when people have been allowed (or they have managed) to be in India for so long, when they have
built their lives and become part of local economies and communities, they cannot and must not be
rendered stateless on the basis of a list.